^ What if these madmen are young and radicalised homegrown terrorists, French-born or with French nationality? They are often radicalised not just by sites on the internet but inflammatory sermons from the Mullahs preaching at their local mosques.

You are possibly right. Jihad John was educated in the UK. I did wonder if this was retribution for taking out Jihad John and France was the easiest target.

We should stop taking in people who do not like our way of life. I cannot understand why people want to do these heinous crimes. My thoughts are with the people that have lost loved ones in this latest attack on innocent people.

Its time we in the UK sent the army to protect the channel tunnel and the rest of Europe should close its borders.....Shenghen policy died along with those in Paris last night

When we had the 7/7bombings in London they were home grown terrorists and people who knew them/neighbours etc said what nice kind people they were..that's what I find so frightening..they are in our midst but we don't know who they are.

I'm with those that think a war is unavoidable. This is this generation's Pearl Harbor or something. I'm still in shock, I guess. Wake up call, that's for sure. So many lives lost, though. It's horrific.

But, I also agree that this is a ghostly enemy that will take all of our subversive powers to annihilate or at least cripple into submission. They don't care. They hit soft targets, innocent citizens, children and don't even have the ba@@s to wear uniforms to identify themselves.

Gatwick North Terminal has been evacuated after a terror scare involving a 'suspicious article', with bomb disposal experts called to the scene and one eyewitness reporting that there will be a 'controlled explosion'.

Witnesses said that armed police arrested a man with a 'grenade in a bag' and screamed 'get down, get down' before they restrained him.

Hopefully, not another crazy at 'work'.

Thinking of you, akasha, today. What a nightmare you must be experiencing in security at the airport in Belgium.

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I live in France (not in Paris) and I'm safe. No, France did not close its borders and did not allow its citizens to carry guns (like in the USA). They are doing more controls on the borders. However, they did set an 'emergency state' which roughly allows curfews and things like that. Public places are closed in Paris and it is recommended not to leave one's home. David Cameron has just stated there may be British citizens amongst people dead or casualties.

our politicians should wake up. soon the police won't be able to stop them. they come with millions to Europe. And they are attaching simultaneously many places at once. we should not even be giving the asylum status.

ITA but I didn't think France would be threatened by another attack so soon

In June someone beheaded his boss and claimed it was for ISIS. There was much less coverage because it was a personal revenge, and that sick man took the opportunity to make it a crime for ISIS. ISIS never claimed it was their doing. You forget the Thalys train attack. And there were rumours of planned attacks in shopping malls or department stores.

^Looks like one of the first victims to be named is a Law graduate from the LSE. He had all his life in front of him. So sad and my thoughts go out to his family and the families of the victims not yet named.

Puh what a day!A raid not two miles from the airport, Plane grounded at schiphol amsterdam, couple of weird tweet treathning brussels airport oh and we got the kevlarvest back from under the dust. Feds are assisting with border id check Im knackerd

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